Happy Thanksgiving!

Isn't he so cute?!? And he LOVES that costume (NOT!)
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you get to spend it with those that you love!

P.S. Happy Anniversary Shawn! I LOVE you tons! I would have posted cute pics from our wedding day but the scanner was being uncooperative..and I already have a million pictures of just us...so there you have it! You get a picture of my dog dressed up like a Hot Dog instead!
P.S.S. Happy 25th anniversay to my parents (yesterday)! I love you both!

Did I already mention...

The whole reason why we were driving in the first place?? The dog ate my retainer and I had to go get a new one....yeah...haha...just my luck. Dog ate my retainer. Now how many people can say that?!?!?

If it's not broken...

So I guess I couldn't wake up after October ends after all....it just had to go out with a bang...literally. Shawn and I were in a car accident Wednesday. Luckily it wasn't really bad...but bad enough for our car to get totalled!! I am so sad. Long story short this stupid guy wearing a stupid coach hat "thought" a guy driving a disabled van had cut him off. He gets around the disabled van stops his car (in the middle of the road) gets out of his car and starts yelling at this guy. Shawn and I are driving by thinking "Honestly, who does that?" So we drive by and Shawn tells the guy to just get back in his car and basically stop being an idiot. Well the guy got mad at Shawn speeds up behind us pulls over right in front of us in our lane causing us to slam into the back of him. Lucky for us, our car is totalled. Lucky for him, he walks away with hardly a scratch. Isn't Karma funny?!?! Yeah i'm not laughing. But good thing was the CHP came and got all of our statements. We had 3 witnesses and the disabled bus driver guy stayed the WHOLE time and was a really great witness. We're still waiting to hear what the insurance says about who they find guilty and what not...but they were nice enough to go out and Friday and tell us that our car was indeed totalled.

I LOVE our 4runner. It's perfect for our family and Hurley absolutely loves riding in the back with the window rolled down his little ears blowing in the wind. We are really going to miss it and can hopefully find something to fill the hole in our hearts (haha...it really isn't that bad!) But again luckily the car was fully covered so we do get money for a new car from the insurance. Hopefully this weekend we can find something that we both agree on.

I was thinking back I guess this year just hasn't been a good car year for us. One car dies, the other one gets totalled. Here's to 2010 being a GREAT car year!!

Wake me up when October Ends...

I guess I have been a little lazy when it comes to keeping up my blog! So what have when been up to? Well I have been off partying at work and Shawn has been working like crazy!! The month of October at work gets a little wild...it's when we have our huge Giant Pumpkin Festival and this year was probably one of my favorites! The theme was really cute and the weather was awesome!
So here is a list of just some of the things we (I) have been up to:

Cut some corn with coworkers
Worked the Giant Pumpkin Festival
Weekend away with my mom for some mom and daughter bonding
Went to the Weezer and Blink 182 Concert
Spent some time with my best friend who was in DC for 2 years
Went to an awesome Halloween Party

This is the ONLY good picture that I got at the concert. So sad. It was so much fun to go to a concert in my hometown of Wheatland! Love it! And I might not be a fan of all of the tatts but Travis Barker is an amazing drummer. Honestly.

Coworkers after cutting corn (It was hard work!)

Giant Pumpkins that float and then race!

Me and Peter Pumpkin (the "official" mascot of the festival)
I could post a million more pictures of the festival but I don't want to bore you all to tears!


And yes, this is your present for waiting all month for me to blog. And like so many people have asked I didn't bribe/ pay or do anything to convince my husband to wear this outfit. Promise. Check in your mailboxes around December...you might be lucky enough to get a Christmas Card with this picture in it. We may also have one with our dog. You have to wait another month to find out what he was!

And while i'm thinking about it, where did October go? Where did this year go? Next week November?? Yikes!! Well until next time, Happy Halloween!!!

SERIOUSLY?!?!

I know that a lot of people have asked about Shawn's job and what he does exactly so I thought I would take a quick moment to give everyone a little glimpse into this crazy world that we call firefighting. Shawn just got a letter from San Fran FD inviting him to test with their department that went something like this...administration of the written test is scheduled to begin the week of September 21, 2009 and will conclude in mid-November 2009. The test will be administered on weekdays, and approximately 320 candidates will be scheduled each day of testing.
EACH DAY!! Are you kidding me?!?! 320 people EACH DAY?? Yeah I'm pretty sure that no job I have EVER applied for or will EVER apply for has had 320 people TOTAL...let alone within a day.
So a HUGE shout out to my hubby Shawn for his determination and perseverance. I know you'll make it!

And you thought yesterday was bad...

What is wrong with me?!?!

Remember that one time...

Today at work my friend and I have been listening to these artists...



Don't judge. Its been a great day.